FLEXURAL BEHAVIOR OF 3D TEXTILES REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES PLATES
Keywords:
3D glass fiber, Chicken weirs, Micro steel fiber, Mortar, plates, Textiles, Tensile strength.Abstract
This paper presents the flexural behavior of plate specimens (with dimension 500×500×40 mm) containing 3D glass fabric having three different thicknesses 6, 10 and 15mm with different number of layers and orientation. For comparison plates with one and two layers of chicken wires as well as plates with micro steel fiber of 0.75% volume fraction were casted. All plate specimens were cast with cement mortar having 61.2MPa cube compressive strength at 28 days and tested under flexural. From the test, it was observed that the load carrying capacities are higher in the case of plates with 3D glass fabric and showed a gradual increase in toughness beyond the ultimate load as compared with non - fibrous plates. The flexural strength was increased significantly the fiber thickness and number of fibers layers was increased. Based on the results a significant increase was indicated with micro steel fiber.
